Matthew Cortland, Esq, Discover and Read the Best of Twitter Threads by @mattbc

Matthew Cortland, Esq

Any sort of benefit cut to either #SSDI or #SSI is totally unacceptable. Those arguing disabled folks ought to bear the cost of fixing unfair @SocialSecurity rules? Deeply misguided. #DemolishDisabledPoverty

6.8 million disabled Americans rely on #SSI, according to @SocialSecurity's own statsThe absolute most that #SSI will provide to live on?Just $794 a month. That's $3,352 LESS THAN the federal

This notion we're all fed that being a morning person makes you a better person? That being an early riser is morally superior? That's some ableist nonsense that tries to

You do not get to tell me how to feel today. You do not get to tell me, as if I don't know, that there's more work to do.I spoke

My DMs were open for the better part of three years.I tried to help as many people as I could.But, with every month, the suffering compounded. And more and more

Medicaid is not safe, neither is the ACA.On November 10th, the US Supreme Court will hear California v. Texas, in which Trump's DOJ and a coalition of GOP state officials,

I appreciate the sentiment, but this is fundamentally incorrect. Eugenics is a policy - and has been a policy since before this country was founded.https://twitter.com/marynmck/status/1321622922210017280 White supremacy, too, is a

There’s no manual for this, so I’m just going to try the best I can:Yesterday, I had to block an account belonging to a younger man bc it was brought

Very big breaking news:https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1321290732607574018 This order is amazingly specific. This is precisely the kind of order, from Judge Sullivan, that we need to force USPS to do their fucking jobs,

I guess we have to talk about this:• SCOTUS is scheduled to hear oral argument on 11/10• It is almost certain that ACB will be on the Court by then• We

Please understand that there are parents of very, very sick children reaching out to me for advice right now and I've got nothing – there's nothing I can tell them

So "can we shut everything down again" as a public health ask is problematica. we didn't do it to begin with. offices? yup, those largely shut down. but trash collection?